Quiz: a week in 12 questions + Caption Competition

“Those humans we planted seem to be growing well!” Captions, please!
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Who wrote the masterpiece known as The Decameron?
- Boccaccio
- Chaucer
- Homer
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Who said: “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
- Jane Austen
- Oscar Wilde
- Mark Twain
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Which of the following is recommended to relieve mental stress?
- Lemon juice every morning
- Half an hour’s “worry time” per day
- Ten press-ups before bed
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What does the philosopher Yuval Noah Harari say we need more of?
- Global co-operation
- Government surveillance
- Good news
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What food do moles stock up on?
- Truffles
- Worms
- Cheese
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When did the modern Olympic Games start?
- 1698
- 1968
- 1896
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What comic newspaper was popular in the trenches of World War One?
- The Mudlark
- The Wipers Times
- Passing Bells
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What was the name of President Lincoln’s most famous speech?
- I am prepared to die
- I have a dream
- The Gettysburg address
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What’s the name of the cocktail invented for the lockdown?
- Quarantini
- Quarantoni
- Corona sour
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Who gave up his respirator for a younger man?
- Father Augustus
- Padre Pio
- Father Giuseppe Berardelli
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All competing nations had at least one female athlete in the Olympics in…
- AD 700
- 1896
- 2012
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Which member of the UK royal family caught the coronavirus last week?
- Prince Andrew
- Prince Phillip
- Prince Charles
Caption competition
Last week’s winner

“I bring the Three Wise Men all this way and all I get for my Christmas dinner is this!” Stowmarket High School
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1a, 2c, 3b, 4a, 5b, 6c, 7b, 8c, 9a, 10c, 11c, 12c